Ottumwa -- In the first-ever meeting between the two schools in basketball, Indian Hills broke open a close game early in the second half and went on to record a 101-77 win over Illinois Valley on Saturday night at the Hellyer Center. The result pushes the second-rated Warriors' winning streak to 25 and they remain one of only three unbeaten two-year schools in the NJCAA.

Shane Gatling and Jamel Allen each made five 3-pointers and combined for 49 points in the victory. Gatling had 15 points and Allen 18 in the second half when IHCC outscored the Eagles 57-40.

The advantage changed hands six times in the early stages of the opening half when the two teams exhanged one-point leads. Gatling hit a trio of early threes, one of them giving IHCC the lead for good at 12-10. He followed with another 3-pointer and Allen drilled one of his own and the quick 9-0 spurt was what the hosts were looking for to gain control.

After Indian Hills increased the margin to 34-20, the Eagles outscored them, 17-10, the remainder of the half and pulled to within seven at intermission.

It was a six-point difference in the second period and then Allen took off. He banged home a pair of threes and between those makes threw down a slam dunk and the lead was in double figures the rest of the way.

Rob Montgomery followed Allen's burst with a field goal, part of a season-high 15-point effort for Montgomery. He also collected a team-best eight rebounds and blocked a couple of shots.

Gatling hit 5-of-12 3-point attempts and leap-frogged four former Warriors to rise to 8th in the school single-season list with 80 threes.

Tomas Woldetensae matched Montgomery with 15 points for IHCC. He hit three treys and the Warriors made 14, their second-highest total for the season.